| Kameni Nakamura | |
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| Birth: | 3 October 1894 Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Death: | 20 May 2004 Sashiki, Okinawa, Japan |
| Age: | 109 years, 230 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Centenarian | |
Not to be confused with Kame Nakamura.
Kameni Nakamura [Japanese: 仲村亀二] (3 October 1894 – 20 May 2004) was a Japanese centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Japan at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Kameni Nakamura was born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on 3 October 1894. He underwent cancer surgery twice.
Following the death of Yukichi Chuganji (who was five and a half years older than him) on 28 September 2003, Nakamura became the oldest living man in Japan.
Kameni Nakamura died of senility in a hospital in Sashiki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan at 0:27 AM on 20 May 2004, at the age of 109 years, 230 days. He was succeeded as Japan's oldest living man by Minsho Ozawa, who was a little over a week younger than him.
References[]
- 日本の歴代男性最高齢者 Data Collection Site
- 仲村亀二さん死去 １０９歳、男性長寿日本一 Yahoo News, 20 May 2004 (Archived)
- 仲村亀二氏死去／男性長寿日本一 Shikoku News, 20 May 2004
- Japan's oldest man dies at age 109 UPI, 22 May 2004
| Japan's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Shozaburo Oda • Tokusaburo Hatsukade • Unknown • Ikumatsu Matsuura • Masakichi Kai • Goro Usuyama • Shizuo Jinjiang • Kokuzo Iwate • Eisaku Takada • Hisaharu Arai • Chojiro Goto • Yozotaro Yoshikawa • Masutaro Sato • Takataro Hiragushi • Mataichi Ono • Shotaro Tanaka • Rinzo Shimizu • Koji Onishi • Inasaku Abe • Mokotaru Osada • Eiju Tsuru • Kiichi Fujiwara • Nisaburo Matsuyama • Shimetaro Hara • Gihei Oka • Gengan Tonaki • Denzo Ishizaki • Sadayoshi Tanabe • Yukichi Chuganji • Kameni Nakamura • Minsho Ozawa • Totaro Murakami • Kohachi Shigetaka • Nijiro Tokuda • Tomoji Tanabe • Jiroemon Kimura • Jokichi Ikarashi • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Masamitsu Yoshida • Masazo Nonaka • Chitetsu Watanabe • Issaku Tomoe • Shojiro Shirai • Motoi Fukunishi • Mikizo Ueda • Shigeru Nakamura • Gisaburo Sonobe • Tomisaburo Wakui |